Davis, Leah Palmyra

Female 1880 - 1957  (77 years)


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  • Name Davis, Leah Palmyra 
    Born 31 May 1880  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Dec 1957  [3
    Person ID I4740  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2006 

    Father Davis, Rev. John Starke,   b. 11 Dec 1845, Miller County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1922  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Davis, Margaret Jane,   b. 15 Sep 1852, Miller County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1920  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1869  [4
    • John and Margaret had nine children.
    Family ID F1510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Thomas Lee Scribner, Genealogical research.
      Leah Palmyra Davis, child of Rev. John Starke Davis and Margaret Jane Davis; born 31 May 1880. No place given.

    2. [S22] Obituary, For Elmer T. Davis; from an undated and unidentified newspaper.
      Transcription provided by Thomas L. Scribner. Family researchers believe the obituary was most likely placed in a local Sallisaw, Oklahoma newspaper. Thomas Scribner states that Elmer was one of nine children born to Reverend John S. Davis and Margaret Davis. Elmer's obituary names seven of these siblings: "Surviving relatives are...three brothers, W. S. Davis of LeRoy, Kansas; Bland Davis of West Fork, Arkansas; and Frank Davis of Sallisaw; four sisters, Mrs. Eliza Davis of West Fork, Mrs. Cora Payne of Tulsa, Mrs. Hattie Kidd of Colorado, and Miss Myra Davis of Sallisaw;...." For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Elmer's death.

    3. [S137] Thomas Lee Scribner, Genealogical research.
      Leah Palmyra died 9 December 1957. No place given.

    4. [S137] Thomas Lee Scribner, Genealogical research.
      John Starke Davis, Jr. and Margaret Jane Davis; married 1869. No place given. John and Margaret were first cousins; Davis was Margaret's birth name. John and Margaret had nine children.